„Noi nu avem dreptul să permitem nicio încălcare a unităţii noaste”. Alegerea secretarului general al CC al PCUS din 11 martie 1985
„We Have no Right to Allow any Breach of our Unity”. Choosing the General Secretary of the CC of CPSU in March 11, 1985

Summary/Abstract: The transcript of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU on March 11, 1985 which preceded the Central Committee Plenary held on the same day, clarifies the issue regarding Mikhail S. Gorbachev’s candidature for the position of Secretary General. According to the transcript, the first to take the floor – after the short informing about the medical findings concerning the causes of death of Konstantin U. Chernenko made by the Health Minister, Evgeny I. Chazov – was Andrei A. Gromyko, who proposed M.S. Gorbachev’s candidature for the position of Secretary General. By highlighting the main qualities that recommended him for this position, Gromyko said that the Politburo must demonstrate a complete unity, so as not to offer the world „the possibility to discover the smallest crack in our relationship”. The other speakers did no more than to express their agreement with A.A. Gromyko’s proposal.

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